Korean Men's Short Track 5000m Relay Wins Second Straight Olympic Silver

Hwang Daeheon and Lim Jongeon capture their second individual medals

South Korea's men's short-track team captured its second consecutive Olympic silver medal in the 5000m relay.

South Korea finished second with a time of 6 minutes 52.239 seconds in the men's 5000m relay final in short track speed skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, held at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Italy on the 21st (Korea time). They were 0.392 seconds behind first-place Netherlands.

South Korea's men's short-track team members are encouraging one another after clinching the silver medal in the short-track men's 5,000 m relay final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, held on the 21st (Korea time) at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Italy. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Lee Junseo, Hwang Daeheon, Lee Jeongmin, and Lim Jongeon skated in the final. Starting from lane 1, Lee Junseo took off and South Korea settled into third place behind Canada and the Netherlands. On the 10th lap, South Korea allowed Italy to overtake and dropped to last place. While three teams battled for the lead, South Korea stayed comfortably at the back, waiting for an opportunity. The team moved up to third place on the 22nd lap and then climbed back to second on the 28th lap. With a powerful surge, Lee Jeongmin pushed the team into the lead on the 34th lap.

However, they could not hold the lead to the end. They slipped to second on the 39th lap and then fell to third with two laps remaining. But anchor skater Hwang Daeheon overtook Italy with half a lap to go and crossed the finish line second behind the Netherlands. Italy took the bronze medal.

For Hwang Daeheon and Lim Jongeon, this was their second individual medal of the Games. Earlier, Hwang had won silver in the 1500m, and Lim had claimed bronze in the 1000m.

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